FRANKFORT, Ky. – The effort to pass two bills to establish a local option sales tax — the top legislative priority for Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer — are running out of time.

One of those bills is on a committee agenda again for Thursday. Next week is the last full week in this year’s session, which may only be 59 days — rather than the 60-day maximum — because of a snow day.

Also of note will be a possible vote on two bills that would require ultrasounds for pregnant women before an abortion.

March 20 — Day 50 of 60

• Noon, House Health and Welfare, Annex 169. Chairman Tom Burch, D-Louisville, has put two bills on his agenda that would require a pregnant woman to get an ultrasound before an abortion, House Bill 575 and Senate Bill 8. Burch previously has said he planned to hold hearings on abortion bills on the same day as he has in past sessions and that anti-abortion bills “don’t generally have the votes to get out of committee.” Another abortion-related bill on the agenda is Senate Bill 3, which deals with informed consent. Other bills: HB 453, SB 85 and SB 98.

• 1 p.m., House Local Government, Annex 125. The companion legislation for a constitutional amendment to allow local option sales tax votes is on the agenda again — for at least the third time — in House Local Government. House Bill 551, also sponsored by House Majority Whip Tommy Thompson, D-Owensboro, is the enabling legislation that would take effect if his amendment, House Bill 399, gets three fifths approval in the House and Senate and is ratified by voters in the fall. HB 551 was not called despite being on the agenda Wednesday. Before that the enabling legislation received significant criticism from committee members. HB 399 is awaiting a floor vote in the House.